Seven Rochester area colleges collaborate with the Democrat & Chronicle

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 3:04 PM EDT

Article Source: The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

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In way of doing, and not just complaining, this project holds promise. It gives student journalists reason to learn and tell fellow students about Rochester. It puts them in touch with fellow and student journalists from other nearby colleges, and gets funding from the Democrat & Chronicle and each school. It lets them contribute to an outlet that's more than just a college paper and matches jaded and pessimistic Rochesterians with a fresh perspective on uncommon and unconventional stories. It gives twenty-somethings career opportunity here and a reason to stay after graduation. All these reason feed and support each another.

My only question is, why isn't the University of Rochester participating?

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Elliot Vos

This does sound like an interesting project. Hopefully the University of Rochester will join in. Eastman's missing from the list as well.

The article mentions the fact that each of these schools have school publications and that they don't want to step on these established publications' toes, but unfortunately I think there will be a division of talent as some will choose to write for their schools, and some will choose to write for this collaborative publication. People just don't have enough time to do both.

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#1 - Mon Jun 4, 2007 3:53 PM EDT

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John Lam

The Eastman School of Music is part of the University of Rochester. Some years the Campus Times even ran a page or section devoted to Eastman news, though i remember they had difficulty finding Eastman students committed to writing. For the best student journalists though, an outlet with higher visibility than a student paper would improve career opportunities. Maybe this is what it takes.

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#1.1 - Mon Jun 4, 2007 6:26 PM EDT

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Elliot Vos

Ah, maybe that's why I don't hear much about Eastman and so much about U of R. Thanks for the info, there. We RIT students don't get out of Henrietta much.

More visibility would probably improve things. I just worry about the degradation of the school papers at that point.

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#1.2 - Mon Jun 4, 2007 6:35 PM EDT

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